Driving mechanism.



1. GILIBERTE.

DRIVING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FlLEDJuNEx2.1917.

3 SHEETS-SHEETI P. GILIBERL'.

DFHVING MECHANISM,

APPLICATION FILED JUNE Z, 19H.

3 SHEETS--SHEET 3.

Q@ iwf W? y@ earners onirica PASQUALE GLBERTI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRIVING- MECHANISM.

Lasarte;

Specification of Letters Patent.l

llmateiited Apr., iti, i915.

Application iled June 12, 1917. Serial No. 174,243.

'To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PASQUALE GIMBERTI, a

y citizen of the United States, and resident f2 oA of N ew York city,borough of the Bronx, in the county of the Bronx and State of New York,have invented Certain new and useful Improvements in Driving Mechanism,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a driving mechanism, comprisinga rockable or reciprocative lever and a driven meinber, whereby saidmember may be rotated continuousl in one direction by means of the toand iro movements of said levers, and whereby by a simple adjustment oi'the parts said member may be driven in the reverse direction by similarto and fro movements of said lever.

My invention is adapted to be utilized for operating the drive wheel orwheels of a childs wagon or vehicle for propelling the latter, and isalso adapted to be utilized in a boat for operating a propeller oi' thelatl ter, and in other relations. 25

My invention comprises novel details of improvement and combinations ofparts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof,wherein,

Figure l is a plan view illustrating my iinprovements embodied in achilds wagon; Fig. 2 is a detail view of part of my improved drivingmechanism; FigfQP isa detail view voi" part of Fig. 2; Figs. 3 and 4 areenlarged views of the operating lever and driving gears of Fig. 6; Fig.5 is a view illustrating a boat equipped with my improvements; and Fig.6 is an enlarged plan view illustrating my improvements adapted forpropelling the boat.

Similar' numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views.

The letters A, B indicate driving gears that are spaced apart andmounted to rotate upon a shaft or rod P supported in bearings upon aframe W or in a boat X. A lever indicated generally at D is journaled atitsinner end to rock'on'shaft P and is shown comprising two spaced sidemembers d shown having a block e secured therebetween at the outer enduniting the members Z securely together. Lever D is shown between gears'A,

B. The gear wheels A, B are provided with ratchet teeth E, E which faceand operate in opposite directions. The lever D is pro-- vided withpawls O, O respectively adapted to engage ratchetsv E, E', whereby whenlever D is moved in one direction wheel A will be rotated in the samevdirection, and when said B will be rotated in such direction. A drivenmember Gr, show n in the form of a shaft, is provided with a pinion Finter osed between and meshing with the gears B, whereby when lever D isrocked to and fro said .pinion and member `will be rotated `in a givendirection by said pawls and driving gears, the pawls slipping freelyover the corresponding ratchets when moved reversely. ln order to rotatemember G in a direction reverse to-its directionof rotation 'from thepawls 0, 0', I provide teeth y8, 8 j carried by the heels A, Brespectively, and

which face in the direction reverse `to the associate ratchet teeth E,E, and pawls 7, 7 are adapted to coperate with ratchet teeth 8, 8respectively. Said pawls are movably carried by lever D. and are shownslidably" supported in holes d in members d of lever D, springs 6, 6being shown secured to said members al and pawls 7, 7 normally tendingto withdrawsaid pawls from thecorresponding ratchet teeth 8, 8. A rod iis slidably carried by lever D, being shown slidable iinl holes in crossbars cl2, secured between the members d. Rod i is shown provided withpawl operating members 5, 5 which are adapted to pass between thesprings 6, 6 to engage the latter to push them with Ithe pawls 7, 7',whereby said pawls will'A be moved into engagement with thecorrespondingteeth 8, 8. Levers l, 2, are pivotally connected with rod iat 3, and said levers cooperate with members ,d of lever D, being shownoperative in openings a in said memi bers (Fig. 2), although said leversmay be when ieveis Li, 2, me in pesiiene shew?. l l mici 2 fie pe-Wis U,U Willi eep" :vidi the ieoeiie'i E, E for causing," vo i of driving und'fie' Genau mii.; tien, @i 5^' i diiveil meub ie'ver D is l oper i l,the iai be move@ a 9 W ,vii/hereby when leve? U 1 3 v/iii ee i'elzeteciin ai; mue/m by the pmvs mei driven member :ieee'fiing te Whe? tileratchet mi,

i Siiii-Li' g the L, A

en e another to Coiiespendingiy pawns wit" 1i @pending 'ateiiets, the

#section 0i rei-Mien ei memai'aed "diem a's i ehiie Wagen iii l, riveSimili: is pividei'i with iereto and in mesi; with .A Y Weel j;

will ee gm* c( unen me inist ed level", Seid. ...ed

eipioea'tions of evei D by means @i the Coy responding rotatie@ @ifmelilbexiv Gr derived tiieugh pmvis i), for piopellingthe bei, myforwardly, and when it is desired fio drive the beat baeivvei'iiy i'ieeverfs l, 2, will be appmpiialeiy shifted te cause shift ing of bilepaii'e ei? penis in manner before deseiibed, ami eeiltinue eeiprocatienof iever B vvii cause ieveree operation of: the

ipeiie' diifeugh pmi/is i', 7.

. T14"iii be unleisiveed that with the drivii'ieciizmism deseiibed thedriven membei' i; my continue i1@ iotfmte in :i given di1ee- Lien whenever is eiepght te ree', so es te ahe Wagen ro coast Oi' the pro* aeiieicontiene to rotaie freely, sineethe mating nitehets may continue. torotaie v le direction of prev-iol s pmpuision undef -r eei'iespemiingpzivvia if? par'lieuim Y,mbefiime i ei' my invention, it will beimeeisoed ihm; 'the same is not link 1'" I? :ile the pmtieuiaiarrangements and 33e- ?izieiie ef paris ysei; forth, as the Same may bevmieii, Wiiin he scope of the appended eiaime, ihelit departing' fromthe Sprit 0i ie have iU'siated and cieseribed a.

vv 'the invention.

ri ving new desseiibed my invention what tien of e, pair of drivin@A 5,:i pinion. 1u meek tileiewith, e di-iven d by smal pellen, a levei,

wete@ .vih bhe filmt named pmvs ce rele-ese them 'Hem 'their i'a/cheisi'od operatlvev with said iev ea to "push the second :named e` :ietienvv'iiwh their rateheis when wir @if evee vemeve the irsi; name@ 'Meirwich/eig, and vice vel-ssi.

imitiei'; o" 'mir ef ivin" .v til., a driven mien, n. level', Living e,pail' el dire iens, i), peil' seid level for one 01"' he ifii'ieheis; 0fwem', 'another pair of gmwse carrie i bij said ievei foi the @theymich/afs of mi gears, ieif'ers operatively carried by sni named ievei'mei ie spec ely eennected v/h die iiifet immec' p wis ie reiefxse themfrom their rateheis, sspifings cenneeed with A511e lessi', named pawis,mevabiy suppeiting Said pmvis Epen said leve, a, pair of iev operativelyeem iie bv n ievei and @pemi'riteii operatively connected with said pairof yare opereteol to release the irst'namecl pevvls levers, meansguiding ysaid rod upon the from their ratehetsnd vice verse. first namedlever between the second named Signed at New York city, in the county wpawls, and spring members carried by Said ofNeW York, and State of NewYork, this 5 rod to eoperate with the rst named springs llfh day ofJune, `1917.

and pawls to push the latter into eoacton l with their ratchets when thepair of levers PASQUALE GILIBERTI.

